Postfix with ubuntu 11.10

In addition to my Dovecot issues, postfix as well had failed and I wasn’t able to send emails. However, getting them was more important at that point. After some trials, I found I needed to add this to my main.cf smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth Which has resolved postfix from not working. Hopefully I …

Dovecot with ubuntu 11.10

Just recently updated my vps to ubuntu 11.10, this went mostly smooth. However, I had some issues with dovecot. I could not get it to start. It seems that the configuration guide I followed to setup dovecot broke due to outdated settings. However thanks to a wiki guide from dovecot, I was able to convert …

Nginx with IPv6 and vhosts

Linode.com has recently setup IPv6 natively and is deploying it across their data-centers.  This is great as I now have a native IPv6 address for my VPS. I use Nginx as a replacement for Apache and I noticed today that my vhosts where not correctly responding on the IPv6 address.  Since I use a wildcard …

Mac OS X deleting users

I had a issue with my laptops video card dieing. None the less thanks to a class action lawsuit and some work by Apple, I have been able to get my video card replaced for free (See: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377). The nicest thing is that this is costing me $0 dollars to fix and ship back to …